Copy n paste what I said earlier:
Stated 3 times that Admirals can't fight to their fullest if collateral damage is allowed.
Stated in skypia that doubt makes you weak
Stated by Nami that Luffy and Zoro got destroyed by Lucci and Kaku because their hearts weren't in the right place
Stated by Rayleigh that conviction is strength
Stated by Garp that hesitation makes you weak
Whole serious is about willpower
What makes Kizaru a special exemption?
So you think luffy could fight to his fullest ?
The man has move that can destroy a island , like when he hold kizaru the first time why he not turn him pizza then ?
What you list there it not the same as for Kizaru this was something he did not want to do but commit to doing it .
We saw the hesitation , doubts etc etc but the man was 100% trying to do his job .
In fact he wanted to make it as painless as possible and the only reason he get stop is because of luffy or VP would died ages ago.
The series about willpower and Kizaru had the willpower to stay as cog and kill his best friend to the end which is why he telling Akainu to fuck off .
Willpower also mean staying true to your convictions .
Still the whole debated is he was not going all out so how was he power nerf because of this ?
If luffy was not there VP would died in control room and that would have been it .